| Sean Hughes 12:33 - Oct 16 with 9683 views | ted_hendrix |
Passed away at the age of 51 which of course is no age to lose your life, always liked the bloke as a comedian but seemed to disappear of the radar lately.
RIP. |  |
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| Sean Hughes on 12:37 - Oct 16 with 8003 views | danehoop |
Just saw that on the BBC Ted. Shocked as I remember seeing him in his early days of stand up when he was making a name for himself and and he was just a brilliantly funny story teller. Far too young an age, |  |
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| Sean Hughes on 12:40 - Oct 16 with 7987 views | isawqpratwcity |
Cirrhosis, poor bastard. There, but for the grace of God...
I enjoyed Sean's Show.
RIP |  |
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| Sean Hughes on 13:18 - Oct 16 with 7862 views | MrSheen |
Kevin Cadle from Sky's NFL coverage gone too. RIP big man. |  | | |
| Sean Hughes on 13:21 - Oct 16 with 7846 views | SimonJames |
Sad news all round. RIP both. |  |
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| Sean Hughes on 13:33 - Oct 16 with 7802 views | johncharles |
RIP Sean Hughes. As you say, not been on the radar for a while. I thought he was brilliant a few years ago. He was still very funny last year but he was not a well man and the drink was clearly going to kill him.
p.s I don't mean that in a judgemental way. I've no knowledge of his personal life. RIP again Sean, you really were bloody good in your day. |  |
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| Sean Hughes on 14:46 - Oct 16 with 7670 views | EastR |
I found this news very shocking and sad today.
Give or take a few days I’m the same age, grew up in a very similar environment and consequently Sean’s humour always resonated very personally.
He was a very funny and lovely man who battled with the demon drink.
RIP Sean. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam
He wrote the article below in 2014
http://www.seanhughes.co.uk/press2.php?page=press/2014-08-12-irishtimes-drinking
The other night, pretty drunk at the end of the evening, my friend asked if I wanted to go for a "proper" drink. Thank God those days are over for me now. I quit drinking totally for a couple of years because I was having too many "proper" drinks. I knew I was drinking too much when I had to be put out at a party. I don't mean I was asked to leave. My jacket was on fire.
When I started drinking again, I thought my friends would be concerned, but they welcomed my return with a "great to have you back" attitude. Apparently I'm tedious when sober. People were uncomfortable when I wasn't drinking. It made them question their own habits.
My first experience of drinking was on summer holidays. We were poor, so the holiday consisted of a week at my grandparents' place in Cork. It was more a kidnapping really. "Get in the car and be polite to old people," was the instruction. A community service of sorts.
I have fond memories but little detail of these times, mainly because of Granddad's homemade apple drink, which must have been at least 70 per cent proof. I have a vague recollection of being told we were going to the seaside and me going, "Just give me some aspirin and more apple juice, please."
Meanwhile back at camp
Then there was the classic 15-year-old rite of passage of camping out in a friend's back garden just so we could drink. I still can't believe our parents fell for the sudden love we had found for the great outdoors. We would pay the local tramp to buy the booze for us. Vodka and cider. To this day the smell of both makes me retch.
What is it about the Irish and boozing? Does it come from our grand tradition of needing to speak with a drink in our hand? Maybe it comes from the fact that alcohol was put out of our reach when we were kids. We all want what we can't have. My dad had a habit of dropping in to the pub while leaving us in the car outside with the promise of the rich pickings of Coke and crisps. We would while away the hours by nodding at the other kids parked up in other cars as we all looked to the warm glow of the pub.
When I came of age, my dad would take me to the pub. It was great until they rang the bell for last orders. Everyone would dash to the bar and get two more drinks in. I reckon we would win every medal at the Olympics if, instead of a starting pistol at the beginning of each race, they just had a guy shout "last orders".
Dad would come back from the counter with two pints of Guinness for me. My heart would sink. I had to force these drinks down me in record time, like a participant in a Japanese TV show. Back at home, everybody went to bed. I spent an hour with my head down the toilet.
Glory and gore
There still seems to be glory attached to how much drink you can down. We are seen as friendly drinkers; I have lost count of the amount of English people who tell me Irish pubs are the friendliest in the world. I like to point out to them that we are not even aware they are there; this is how drunk we are. They also like to tell me how much they love Irish traditional music; I like to point out that a lot of those songs are about murdering them.
George Best, one of the most talented people to ever come out of this country, used to regale people with his story about being in a hotel and ordering a bottle of champagne in the morning. The porter comes in and sees he is the worse for wear. Best is in bed with Miss World, who, besides having sex with George, hankers for world peace. There are empty bottles everywhere and cash from casino winnings sewn across the room.
Best used to love retelling this story with a big grin on his face - how the porter assessed the situation and said, "George, where did it all go wrong?" Everybody laughs. I find this a sad story. The only happy ending would have been if Best had turned to the porter and said, "Probably when I wasn't diagnosed as an alcoholic in my early 20s."
All I'm saying is, if you are going "camping", do some keepie-uppies to keep your options open. |  |
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| Sean Hughes on 15:19 - Oct 16 with 7592 views | hubble |
Very sad to hear this news. |  |
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| Sean Hughes on 15:33 - Oct 16 with 7558 views | BrianMcCarthy |
Always liked him. A rare talent.
Ar dheis Dé. [Post edited 16 Oct 2017 15:33]
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| Sean Hughes on 17:21 - Oct 16 with 7405 views | PunteR |
Sad news..
Watched a lot of his shows in the 90's . I liked him on the Never mind the Buzzcocks show as well.
Seemed a really genuine guy.
RIP |  |
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| Sean Hughes on 17:33 - Oct 16 with 7374 views | Monahoop |
RIP. A decent comedian. Hadn't heard from him for a while. Sad news. |  |
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| Sean Hughes on 20:08 - Oct 16 with 7173 views | PeterHucker |
Early 90s at Red Rose Comedy Club in Finsbury Park, I was young & naive, made the mistake of sitting front & centre.
Sean Hughes came on, saw my Marlboro reds on the table & took the piss out of me for 15 minutes. He had a lot of material about smokers! My mates & me crying uncontrollably. Went to bar in interval, took a while to get served so he was already back on when I came in.
Evidently he'd been taking the piss lots more while I was out because when I came back in the place erupted! After the gig he insisted on buying me a pint & we talked for a while about indie bands. Top man. |  | | |
| Sean Hughes on 06:59 - Oct 17 with 6889 views | AgedR |
I thought he was outstanding and unique. Sean’s Show was visionary.
I’ve followed his work on various podcasts he’s made over the last few years and he was still a funny and inventive comedian.
It’s desperately sad |  |
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| Sean Hughes on 07:24 - Oct 17 with 6865 views | Konk |
| Sean Hughes on 06:59 - Oct 17 by AgedR |
I thought he was outstanding and unique. Sean’s Show was visionary.
I’ve followed his work on various podcasts he’s made over the last few years and he was still a funny and inventive comedian.
It’s desperately sad |
Very sad news. We always used to see him out in pubs round Crouch End and Archway back in the 90's, and he always seemed like a friendly bloke. Always used to see him at AMC/Mark Eitzel gigs too as he was a big fan. RIP. |  |
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| Sean Hughes on 07:45 - Oct 17 with 6851 views | izlingtonhoop |
| Sean Hughes on 06:59 - Oct 17 by AgedR |
I thought he was outstanding and unique. Sean’s Show was visionary.
I’ve followed his work on various podcasts he’s made over the last few years and he was still a funny and inventive comedian.
It’s desperately sad |
Yep very sad.
A genuinely funny and nice guy it seems.
But, if Sean'sShow was visionary, it was Garry Shandling's vision |  | | |
| Sean Hughes on 10:24 - Oct 17 with 6748 views | NW5Hoop |
We were close friends for several years.
Some memories.
- The first time we met, to talk about football for a magazine, I referred to Palace winning "two on the bounce". Oh, Sean said mockingly, is that a technical football term? For the rest of the interview he dropped "two on the bounce" into every other sentence with audible inverted commas.
- There always seemed to be overflowing ashtrays in every room in his house. There was one not just in his bedroom, but in his actual bed. I remarked on how vile that was. He said it was so that when he fell asleep smoking it meant he wouldn't set fire to his bed.
- Going on his GLR show with Ross Noble as the other guest. I managed maybe half a sentence in two hours.
- Going to The Haringey pub in Crouch End and Gem Archer, then newly of Oasis, walking in. Everyone turned and stared. Hang on, Sean said, he's always in here but till now he's always just been the useless c*nt out of Heavy Stereo.
- Him insisting on multiple games of table football in his kitchen. Because he could beat me, and he very much liked being better than people at things.
- Going to a Cure after show with him, and him saying to everyone we met: "If you've got cocaine, give it to me not him, because he doesn't take it." And at the same after show, us convincing people he was Jorg Haider's estranged nephew.
- Asking him why he was doing Rubbadubbas. "Do you know how much money Neil Morrissey made out of Bob the Builder? This is my Bob the Builder."
- Going to Palace games with him sometimes and him shouting at Luke Young, in his best Alec Guinness voice, "Run, Luke, run!"
- Going to the pub one night. At the end, he said: "Right, I'm going to the Rolling Stones after show. I'd invite you but I've only got one ticket." Hang on, I said, how come you're going to the after show when you didn't go to the gig? "Why would I want to go to see the f*cking Rolling Stones?" But you're going to the after show. "Yeah, but they're not going to be f*cking playing, are they?"
- Seeing him onstage in a low key panel improv last year, laughing a lot, and thinking we should go out again soon. | | | |
| Sean Hughes on 10:52 - Oct 17 with 6723 views | bosh67 |
Very sad news yesterday. Immensely talented lad and a great writer too. RIP. |  |
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| Sean Hughes on 11:10 - Oct 17 with 6704 views | BklynRanger |
Very sad. Sorry for your loss, NW5. I lost a friend in the same way in August. It was very hard to wrap my head round but also sadly inevitable. Not much you can say about it really. Anyway I always thought Sean Hughes came across as very down to earth in a mad way. |  | | |
| Sean Hughes on 11:45 - Oct 17 with 6651 views | BrianMcCarthy |
Sorry for your loss. NW5.
Loved the idea on Sean's Show where he'd come in sit down, pick up a note and say "Aw, the bugler's have been again. They've left a stereo for me. That's nice."
Simple, but always got me. | |
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| Sean Hughes on 12:06 - Oct 17 with 6620 views | TacticalR |
Fascinating to hear the reminiscences of those who knew him.
I must have seen him late 80s/early 90s. It may have been in Edinburgh or Perrier Pick of the Fringe in Covent Garden.
I remember him doing a sketch about being the last one picked for football. Very gentle humour which I really liked. Stand up really seemed to suit him.
Then I saw him in his own show on Channel 4 which I thought it wasn't really the right format for him.
I haven't really followed his career since then as I had the impression he had drifted into comedy quiz show hell. |  |
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| Sean Hughes on 13:27 - Oct 17 with 6522 views | Pommyhoop |
Sheeet that is sad. Funny man and extremely good looking according to my 1st Mrs. The eyes apparently.
Sorry for your loss NW |  |
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| Sean Hughes on 15:36 - Oct 17 with 6435 views | Konk |
| Sean Hughes on 13:27 - Oct 17 by Pommyhoop |
Sheeet that is sad. Funny man and extremely good looking according to my 1st Mrs. The eyes apparently.
Sorry for your loss NW |
Very sorry for your loss NW5, but glad you have a lot of funny memories from your friendship. | |
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| Sean Hughes on 18:23 - Oct 17 with 6331 views | Brightonhoop |
| Sean Hughes on 10:24 - Oct 17 by NW5Hoop |
We were close friends for several years.
Some memories.
- The first time we met, to talk about football for a magazine, I referred to Palace winning "two on the bounce". Oh, Sean said mockingly, is that a technical football term? For the rest of the interview he dropped "two on the bounce" into every other sentence with audible inverted commas.
- There always seemed to be overflowing ashtrays in every room in his house. There was one not just in his bedroom, but in his actual bed. I remarked on how vile that was. He said it was so that when he fell asleep smoking it meant he wouldn't set fire to his bed.
- Going on his GLR show with Ross Noble as the other guest. I managed maybe half a sentence in two hours.
- Going to The Haringey pub in Crouch End and Gem Archer, then newly of Oasis, walking in. Everyone turned and stared. Hang on, Sean said, he's always in here but till now he's always just been the useless c*nt out of Heavy Stereo.
- Him insisting on multiple games of table football in his kitchen. Because he could beat me, and he very much liked being better than people at things.
- Going to a Cure after show with him, and him saying to everyone we met: "If you've got cocaine, give it to me not him, because he doesn't take it." And at the same after show, us convincing people he was Jorg Haider's estranged nephew.
- Asking him why he was doing Rubbadubbas. "Do you know how much money Neil Morrissey made out of Bob the Builder? This is my Bob the Builder."
- Going to Palace games with him sometimes and him shouting at Luke Young, in his best Alec Guinness voice, "Run, Luke, run!"
- Going to the pub one night. At the end, he said: "Right, I'm going to the Rolling Stones after show. I'd invite you but I've only got one ticket." Hang on, I said, how come you're going to the after show when you didn't go to the gig? "Why would I want to go to see the f*cking Rolling Stones?" But you're going to the after show. "Yeah, but they're not going to be f*cking playing, are they?"
- Seeing him onstage in a low key panel improv last year, laughing a lot, and thinking we should go out again soon. |
Sorry for your loss NW5. I had a pint and a chat with him In one of the grubbier pubs in Crouch End back in the day, lovely bloke. It was around the time the IRA had tried to blow up Crouch End Post Office and he said 'What about Budgens?!' it was a god awful supermarket. He got into a lot of trouble for that one lol.
Very sad loss and way too young. |  | | |
| Sean Hughes on 07:29 - Oct 18 with 6181 views | CiderwithRsie |
Very sad loss, and that piece of his eastr quoted is, well, sobering. As it happens a Scottish guy I know has given up drinking and he has had exactly the same reaction from his drinking mates that Sean Hughes had. | | | |
| Sean Hughes on 11:18 - Oct 19 with 5956 views | hubble |
| Sean Hughes on 10:24 - Oct 17 by NW5Hoop |
We were close friends for several years.
Some memories.
- The first time we met, to talk about football for a magazine, I referred to Palace winning "two on the bounce". Oh, Sean said mockingly, is that a technical football term? For the rest of the interview he dropped "two on the bounce" into every other sentence with audible inverted commas.
- There always seemed to be overflowing ashtrays in every room in his house. There was one not just in his bedroom, but in his actual bed. I remarked on how vile that was. He said it was so that when he fell asleep smoking it meant he wouldn't set fire to his bed.
- Going on his GLR show with Ross Noble as the other guest. I managed maybe half a sentence in two hours.
- Going to The Haringey pub in Crouch End and Gem Archer, then newly of Oasis, walking in. Everyone turned and stared. Hang on, Sean said, he's always in here but till now he's always just been the useless c*nt out of Heavy Stereo.
- Him insisting on multiple games of table football in his kitchen. Because he could beat me, and he very much liked being better than people at things.
- Going to a Cure after show with him, and him saying to everyone we met: "If you've got cocaine, give it to me not him, because he doesn't take it." And at the same after show, us convincing people he was Jorg Haider's estranged nephew.
- Asking him why he was doing Rubbadubbas. "Do you know how much money Neil Morrissey made out of Bob the Builder? This is my Bob the Builder."
- Going to Palace games with him sometimes and him shouting at Luke Young, in his best Alec Guinness voice, "Run, Luke, run!"
- Going to the pub one night. At the end, he said: "Right, I'm going to the Rolling Stones after show. I'd invite you but I've only got one ticket." Hang on, I said, how come you're going to the after show when you didn't go to the gig? "Why would I want to go to see the f*cking Rolling Stones?" But you're going to the after show. "Yeah, but they're not going to be f*cking playing, are they?"
- Seeing him onstage in a low key panel improv last year, laughing a lot, and thinking we should go out again soon. |
Fascinating to read, like your article in the Guardian about him. Sorry for your loss mate. | |
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| Sean Hughes on 11:41 - Oct 19 with 5935 views | Brightonhoop |
| Sean Hughes on 11:18 - Oct 19 by hubble |
Fascinating to read, like your article in the Guardian about him. Sorry for your loss mate. |
Im guessing the piece here is NW5's in the Guardian, brilliant if not a sad read.
And the fact Jah Wobble smacked him in the moosh, everyone knows you dont fck with Jah Wobble lol.
There was a cruelty to his wit at times but it was difficult not to like him. A sad loss.
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2017/oct/19/remembering-sean-hughes-the-sadne | | | |
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